Disclaimer:
I don't own Resident Evil or any of its characters. I'm only
"borrowing" some of them for my Story here.

Another
one-shot from me, this time about Rebecca and Billy after they made
it out of the Umbrella Facility in Zero.
ENNNNJJJOOOOOYYYYYY!!!!

Story Start

"Finally
made it!" Billy sighed and let his tired body fall down on the lush
grass. He noticed Rebecca step beside him, her gaze directed at the
horizon and the half hidden sun.

In all his
life he had never met such a strong willed and yet gentle girl –
no, woman. Only eighteen years old and she had already seen more
horrors then most people saw their whole life watching horror-movies.
She had fought against un-dead monsters with no more then just a gun
and seeing them rip apart other human flesh turning those into one of
them. Stumbling from one horror to the next she had fought her way
through each single one with her mind only set on surviving this
nightmare. And now, after al this he still saw the will to fight in
eyes and in her stance. When looking back upon all he had experienced
with her from the moment he had met her on the train and shortly
after rescued her from some weird leech-monster to the moment he had
finished of that dreadful leech-queen he couldn't fully push away
the feelings that had developed inside of him during those hours with
her together in the train and the mansion. For a moment Billy
considered going with her to stay by her side until she was save and
out of harms way - for you never knew what still lurked in this
forest. He dismissed that thought quickly, knowing that it couldn't
and shouldn't be. Yet he wondered from where that thought had taken
form inside of him.

Still he
kept on staring at her soft features for a while longer, locking it
deep inside of his memory as to not forget. For to forget would be
like betraying her for what she did for him, for what she had done to
him.

It was
true; he had always been a loner, making things the way he thought
were right, not considering what others may think of him. The only
time he had considered himself part of the team, part of the pack had
been during those weeks with his comrades in the jungle. But alas,
that had ended quite tragic and Billy had vowed to himself never to
let such foolish feelings like friendship take control of him again.

Yet they
had. They had crept in secret without him noticing into his heart.
And only a few steps away from him was the one responsible for this.

But was it
really just friendship? He didn't really believe so although he had
tried to make himself think that way. It had been useless in the end
to try something so foolish and yet he didn't know what to do, what
to say. They would have to go their separate ways as soon as possible
and saying something so completely wrong would make it only worse. He
gave an inward sigh and pushed himself into a sitting position when
the girl beside him pointed to something over the treetops beneath
the small hillside.

"That
must be the mansion Enrico was talking about." Rebecca said and
pointed to a big rooftop peeking out between the trees. She took a
quick glance at Billy before turning away again as not to blush. She
didn't understand quite why she did it, but there was something
about this young man that made her feel save and secure. At first she
hadn't trusted him, thinking he was a brutal murder only out to
kill everyone that got in his way.

It had
turned out quite different than she would have ever believed could be
possible. He had – after trying to intimidate and mock her –
rescued her and eventually she had teamed up with him to at least
have a slight chance against all those mutated monsters back there at
the now destroyed train and Training-Facility. It had taken them long
hours of search - and a good bit of luck as well – to get out of
there. She had even lied to her commander about Billy once, but she
hadn't and still didn't care about it, it had just been the right
thing to do for her. Billy had rescued her life more then once and
staying by his side had given her enough strength to get through this
all.

During
that time she had developed feelings for him she had thought could
not exist for a guy she had only met hours ago and in such a strange
place. Yet they had slowly started to invade her heart and now she
couldn't deny them anymore.

And with
them came the knowledge that such a relationship between them could
never be. He was still on the run, since everyone else still believed
he had killed 23 people. And she was still a part of S.T.A.R.S. and
had to team up with her comrades again. If she took Billy along with
her he would soon again be under arrest and thus be brought to his
execution as soon as they reached Racoon City. But it also struck her
that he would be followed if she left him now. She thought about it
for a moment, then bent down and removed with one short pull Billy's
tag from his neck.

He got up
startled as Rebecca looked at his tag she now had on her hand for a
moment before putting it around her own neck.

"Officially,
Billy Coen is now dead."

He gaped
at her for a split second but had to chuckle then, scratching the
back of his head.

"Yeah,
I'm just another Zombie now, I guess…"

He saw her
turn to him and also faced her. There was a moment of quiet between
them as they just looked at each other, unsaid words passing in their
eyes. Then Rebecca slowly saluted and Billy understood. He saluted
her in return and after a while she turned and started to leave.

And in
that moment Billy's heart decided to overhear his minds protest and
took over his body. His hand reached out and grasped Rebecca's
wrist. He pulled her towards him, as she turned around startled.
Before she could say anything he had his other arm wrapped around her
waist and pressed his lips gently against hers.

Rebecca's
eyes widened in wonder, but she recovered quickly. Her eyes fell shut
as she leaned into Billy's strong and muscular body returning the
sweet and wonderful kiss. Yes, this was the way it should be, the way
she wanted it to be. Her heart beat faster as the seconds passed them
by unnoticed. Right now it was just him and only him she could think
about. Forgotten was her mission or the horrors that she had seen.
Forgotten the pain at seeing her comrade die or having to shoot him
to release him from his pain. Forgotten that anything else existed on
this planet but the two of them. She sighed against his lips and felt
a tinny grin spread on them. Oh, how she wished this could last
forever…

But alas
it could no last and their lips slowly drew apart. A little out of
breath she opened her eyes to be met by his soft gaze. His eyes
seemed to be full of sorrow and longing and something else her heart
knew was true but her mind didn't want to believe.

He brushed
his lips with hers one last time before releasing her wrist.

"Fare
well…" he whispered and turned around, slowly disappearing into
the forest. She watched him leave, her fingertips coming to rest on
her lips. She felt tears gather in her eyes. She wiped them of with
the back of her hand and squared her shoulders. She would not cry and
she would not regret.

With a
small smile on her lips she headed into the woods, determined to
reach the old mansion and find her lost comrades.